6.25.2008

a response to a post I made about riding my bicycle on MacArthur Boulevard

I got my car actually punched for me telling one of you people to use the damn bike path. Let me makes this fucking clear. Use the fucking Bike Path! Its there for a goddamn reason, mostly so that I dont kill you as you're doing 25 on a windy ass road with cars trying to get home going 45+. Not all of us have McMansions, flat screens, and 2 car garages. Obviously, you have money to blow if you're dicking around on a bike.

and thank you Yehuda Moon for finishing the debateanyone need my response?start at comic oneYehuda has spokenYehuda has said it all

I love that comment, "obviously you have money to blow if you're dicking around on a bike." What kind of halfbrained comment is that? Maybe you're dicking around on a bike because you're too poor to drive a car up MacArthur Blvd.

Another point...isn't the speed limit on MacArthur Blvd 35 mph in the District? Why does she mention doing >45 mph on a windy road?

A whole post where people can opine and bitch about how I'm a horrible human being and that I was speeding (I never said I was doing the speed limit, folks... must have taken a large magnifying glass to catch that!). I also never said I was in the district... in fact, I gave the intersection in Maryland, and the top of the post is even called, "Maryland Sucks". I've already answered the cute "You're burning money buying gas" crap. What a horrible argument. I buy gas because... wait for it... I have to. You buy a bike because you want to. Difference. And dont give me that "I cant afford a car" crap. The folks who cant aren't wearing the latest in lycra fashion. So screw that one.

It was said that I should learn restraint on the web. Ha! Thats cute. Its a blog, folks. This is what this is for. My employers shoudnt find this site... well, I try to hide my identity. I realize that I have linked the blog to my blogger account, however I did that specifically so that these folks would find it. As soon as all this crap is over, I'll de link it. In the meantime? This is too much fun. Also, I never mention my employer, or any of my coworkers by name. Have fun pinning it on me.

Another thing. I'm not ignoring the speed limit if the ambient speed of traffic is 45. I'd like to see a cop try to enforce 25 on that road. If i'm getting my ass eaten by an SUV trying to get home, then I'm just as bad as those fucking bikers.

And one final thing... dont ever mention my miscarriage in relation to a fucking bike blog again. That shows a lack of decency the likes of which I cannot fathom. I would make an analogy... but I cant bring together the correct words to describe just how rude and disgraceful that is.

I'm done with all of you. I've said my peace, and you've obviously not agreed. In the end, we've got the cars. Have fun.

in the words of rodney king... (and I cut and paste from the WIki Page)

People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids?...It’s just not right. It’s not right. It’s not, it’s not going to change anything. We’ll, we’ll get our justice....Please, we can get along here. We all can get along. I mean, we’re all stuck here for a while. Let’s try to work it out. Let’s try to beat it. Let’s try to beat it. Let’s try to work it out.

I'm a biker and public transportation user (just try to find parking here - let alone deal with gas over $9 per gallon). I understand that when a bike lane is available, that's where I'm supposed to be.

Why would you not use a bike lane when it's there? I don't walk in the street when there's a sidewalk.

I'm all for sharing the roads and driving courteously when no bike lane is there. But on those rare occasions when I drive, I too get annoyed by bikers in the street when there is a bike lane two meters over.

Same logic goes for drivers who encroach on the bike lanes - you aren't supposed to be there so stop driving there.

The so-called “bike path” is in fact a “multi-use” path that includes foot traffic. Many cyclists avoid the path because they do not wish to tangle with or endanger pedestrians. In addition, the path suffers from considerable debris, stuff that may not bother walkers, runners or even slower riders, but does make riding at speed unsafe.

There is in fact, no “requirement” that cyclists use the path, as implied by Ms. Boyd. Indeed, cyclists are legally permitted to use the roadway and generally seek to share it cooperatively with motorists. There are, of course, sad exceptions to the cooperative spirit exhibited by both cyclists and automobile drivers, highlighting Gwadzilla’s call for trying to get along.

Sprudeln- The issue here is that MacArthur Blvd. does not have a bike lane. It has a multi-use bi-directional sidepath. This sidepath is cracked, pot-hole ridden, glass and mud strewn and too narrow in many places. Irregardless of its condition, its construction was not very well thought out, and chicanes, climbs and criss crosses the road in a way that is not conducive to cycling.

Even your average recreational cyclist can travel at or about the speed limit on the road, and it is a popular scenic route for many recreational cyclists. Unfortunately it is also a major suburban arterial to one of the more affluent areas of the DC Metro Area that is inaccessible by public transit filling it with self-important people such Annie who feel entitled too break the speedlimit and endanger other roadway users.

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